India to sell onions from reserves to check prices

(Reuters) – India will sell onions from government reserves to bring down prices of the vegetable, consumer affairs secretary said on Thursday.

India’s retail inflation in September accelerated to its highest in nine months, due to higher food prices, according to government data released on Monday.

(Reporting by Mayank Bhardwaj, Writing by Ainnie Arif; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)

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